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‘Too many Palestinians died today’: US on aid shooting
The administration of US President Joe Biden has said that “too many Palestinians died today” after Israeli forces opened fire on a crowd of people waiting for food assistance in northern Gaza. Speaking to reporters, State Department spokesperson Matthew Miller said that the incident, in which more than 100 Palestinians were killed, demonstrates the desperation of Palestinians in northern Gaza amid extreme hunger and deprivation.
“Two things are clear. Just from the aerial footage, you can look at that and right away conclude that the situation is incredibly desperate. People are swarming these trucks because they’re hungry, because they need food, because they need medicine and other assistance. And that tells you that we need to do more to get humanitarian assistance in,” said Miller.
However, the US has consistently refused to consider more tangible steps to put pressure on Israel to allow more aid into the north, where aid groups have blamed Israel’s consistent blocking of aid deliveries for the growth of extreme hunger. Miller said that the US is “pressing for answers” and that the Israeli government is conducting a probe of the incident.
Four more children die of starvation in northern Gaza: Health Ministry
The ministry said the children died of dehydration and starvation at the Kamal Adwan hospital. Palestinian officials had warned earlier this week that thousands could die from famine in the coming days if adequate humanitarian aid does not reach all regions of Gaza.
Italian foreign minister calls for ‘immediate’ ceasefire
Minister Antonio Tajani has called on Israeli forces to protect Palestinian civilians, after Israeli soldiers opened fire on a crowd in north Gaza waiting for food assistance. “The tragic deaths in Gaza demand an immediate ceasefire to facilitate more humanitarian aid, the release of hostages and the protection of civilians. We strongly urge Israel to protect the people in Gaza and to rigorously ascertain facts and responsibilities,” Tajani said in a social media post.
Netanyahu says he will not accept ‘delusional’ demands from Hamas
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has said that he will not accept Hamas’s demands in the continuing negotiations for a truce in Gaza, casting further doubt that a deal between Israel and the Palestinian group is imminent.
In remarks today, Netanyahu, who has insisted that the war will go on even in the event of a prolonged pause, said that he has “rejected the international pressures to end the war before the goals are reached”, despite increasing international political pressure.
Netanyahu also stated that Israel would move to eliminate Hamas fighters in Rafah, a move that humanitarian groups and countries from around the world would result in a humanitarian catastrophe, with more than one million displaced Palestinians packed into Rafah with nowhere to flee.
PFLP condemns Israeli attack on aid-seekers as ‘horrific’
The Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine group says it holds the US government and the international community responsible for “horrific massacres” of aid seekers in northern Gaza earlier today.
“The Front affirmed that the criminal Zionist enemy continues to commit war crimes and genocidal massacres that are the bloodiest and most brutal in contemporary history, and practices organised state terrorism in full view of the unjust and silent world,” it said in a statement.
The armed group said the international community must take a “clear decision to oblige the occupation to stop the aggression” including Israel’s bombing of the Strip and what it called the “war of starvation” against people in Gaza. “The international community is involved in these hideous massacres, and the Arab countries have failed the Palestinian people, and they must realise that these massacres … will not bring the Palestinian people to their knees,” it added.
